Chapter 437: Ha'an Town
Shang Hu turned his head in horror, and saw Zhuang Rou looking at him with a smile, but his hand did not stop. The hand was already raised high, and the iron rod whistled towards his neck.
With a click, Shang Hu's cervical vertebrae were smashed alive, and his head tilted to the side and he lost his breath.
And Li Tong was killed by her, they are just ordinary good hands in the army, without deep internal strength, there is no way to take Zhuang Rou.
Dealing with these four people, Zhuang Rou retrieved the arrow. Just now she asked Li Shan and them to send them off, just to find out where they were going, and it seemed that they chose He'an Town.
She glanced at the corpse on the ground, this person has to count when he speaks, but he can't be too troublesome and pretend not to say it.
So, Zhuang Rou took away all the valuable things on the four people, a total of only a dozen taels, and used them as bandits.
Then she pulled out the Nine Star Red, cut off the heads of the four, and hung them in the saddle. Standing next to her and looking, she flattened her mouth, so she really looked a little cautious.
But if it is said that the heads of these robbers will be hung on the head of the city, it will not be possible to lose their words, and the heads will still have to be brought back.
Turning over the horse, Zhuang Rou galloped towards He'an Town.
The tributary of the Suizhong River is named Anping River, and the town of He'an is also named after this river. The river flows through the middle of the town and divides into more tributaries that spread out throughout the town, almost throughout the town.
The town of Ha An was built along the river, and there was no city wall, not even a fence.
It was just that at the mouth of the river in and out of the town, a river customs office was set up, and three or five people were arranged to collect river customs fees from the cargo ships entering the town to manage these ships.
When Zhang Qi and his entourage arrived here, they found that compared with the past, there were more people at the mouth of this He'an town. Sturdy men, armed with sharp spears cut out of poplar wood, stood guard by the barricades made of rough wood, guarding the entrance of the town.
It seems that what they committed in Shanggu Village before made all villages and towns vigilant, and they also arranged for Zhuangding to come out on patrol.
The people of He'an Town already have some money, and at this time, they are willing to pay some money to hire people to guard the town to prevent the homeless people from rushing to the town to rob.
They also hung several large gongs, and whenever a homeless person came, they would beat gongs and drums to remind each family. In this way, women and children can hide with their possessions, and strong men can take up arms to join the resistance.
He'an Town had never experienced such a thing before, but the grain in Shanggu Village was robbed and some people were killed, which scared everyone a lot. In order to survive, I can only drive ducks to the shelves.
As for the waste of the government, they can't count on it at all, and they can only rely on themselves at this time.
Zhang Qi and his party looked at He'an Town from a distance, and did not rush directly over, because the barricade at the entrance of the town prevented them from rushing in on horseback. If they just rode over, they would definitely ring the gong to inform the townspeople.
Everyone was waiting for Zhang Qi to give an order, if they were not alarmed to enter the town, maybe they could take a ship and pretend to be a merchant ship to sneak in.
It's just that if you have to go out to find a boat now, it will definitely be delayed for a long time, and there are no boats on the river at night.
Yang Brown couldn't help it after waiting, and he said that he was Yang Rong's younger brother, and he said more: "Zhang Yanshi, anyway, it will make noise to the people in the town when it kills for a while, so it's better to rush over and kill the people at the entrance of the town first." Remove the barricades and we can ride straight in. ”
"As long as there is blood, the rabble composed of these ordinary people will disperse in a hurry."
Zhang Qi glanced at him, "What Brother Yang said has some truth, since this is the case, let's do what you say." ”
In fact, he also wanted to rush over directly, and deal with this kind of people, and he couldn't use any military tactics and other things, but he had many eyes.
The last robbery only killed a few villagers who dared to resist, but this time it was a little different. Yang Rong's order was to kill as many people as possible, and women and children would not be spared, just to make the people more resentful of the homeless.
Even if it becomes a matter in the future and you are promoted to a knighthood, you can't guarantee that when someone wants to rectify you, you will make a fuss about this matter.
Zhang Qi didn't want to leave himself in trouble, and it was best for Yang Brown to raise this matter. I don't have to find an official who is younger than myself to bear the guilt, and I can't say it at that time.
But this person is Yang Rong's younger brother, and it is understandable that he listened to him.
Yang Brown was very happy when he saw Zhang Qi listening to him, he just took the identity of Yang Rong's younger brother, and the other party was a dignified fourth-grade official. Sure enough, there is a powerful brother, and they have to give themselves face in front of the officials.
So, he drew his knife, covered his face, and said to everyone: "Let's go over with our faces covered, and don't care about anything, we see people killing people, and we see money and robbing money!" ”
Everyone looked at Zhang Qi, and some didn't understand why they wanted to listen to Yang Palm's words. Of course, they listened to Yang Rong's command, but his bullying brother was not very convincing.
Zhang Qi glanced at everyone and pulled out his knife, "Remember what the commander said when he came out, he must kill with momentum today, and if anyone is soft, he will be dealt with by military law." ”
Everyone understood that as long as anyone dared to be soft on the people and have compassion, they would be killed on the spot according to military law.
In their opinion, it is also the life of the military to come out and rob a robbery, and it is absolutely impossible to retreat from the battle. And the people who can be singled out to do this are all outlaws, and they can't wait to kill in He'an Town as soon as possible, where will they be merciful.
Zhang Qi pulled his knife and took the lead in rushing towards He'an Town, Yang Brown followed closely, and everyone also followed with knives, shouting in their mouths: "Kill!" Kill! Kill! ”
When the strong man patrolling He'an Town looked up, he saw a group of people and horses masked, shouting killing in their mouths, and rushing towards this side with a knife.
They were so shocked that they shouted, "Oh no, the homeless bandits are coming!" ”
Regardless of whether these people were outcasts or bandits, a few strong men rushed to the half-human-high gong, grabbed the gong hammer and struck it upward.
In the middle of the night, the sound of the gong was noisy, and suddenly many people ran on the street and beat the gong and shouted that the bandits were coming. Every household hurriedly lit the lamp, crying and shouting in a mess.
The strong men did not dare to rush directly, but the other party was on horseback, and they placed the barricade with sharp horns outward at the entrance of the town, and timidly raised the tip of their spears outward, and stood uneasily as the horses got closer and closer.
"Everyone, we must not let them enter the town, and the whole family in the town depends on us for protection. If you are killed or injured, the town will support his family for the rest of his life! Keep them fed and fed! "The town saw that the other party was fierce, so he had to cheer everyone up.
He had just sent someone to take the road to the nearest county to deliver the letter, so that the government could send someone over.
Although I can't count on the government, it's good to be able to come, and now I can only rely on these strong men to protect the town.
I hope that these bandits will not be able to attack for a long time, so they can only give up and leave, otherwise He'an Town will be finished!
The chief prayed for the Bodhisattva in his heart, and his eyes were fixed on the entrance of the town. Then he saw that the leader had rushed to the barricade, jumped over the barricade from his horse, and fell into the crowd.
Immediately, with a wave of the big sword, it slashed at everyone.
"Ahh The circle of strong men around him didn't have time to fight back, and they were cut to the ground by Zhang Qi, screaming nonstop.